Saturday's 10 miler was GREAT! I felt so strong the whole time, was exactly on the pace my coach set for me - even with forgetting to wear a watch, and could have gone for atleast 3 miles after. I am also down 3 lbs after the first week of training so that's pretty great!
A friend let me borrow her Garmin for a few weeks to try it out so I'm excited to run with it this week.
My friend Lorin and I are starting the 10 Day Muffin Top Challenge today to overhaul our eating and get a little leaner to start of training. Here is how it goes:
Eat real food – meat, fish, eggs, tons of vegetables, some fruit, and plenty of good fats. Eat foods with very few ingredients, all pronounceable ingredients, or better yet, no ingredients listed at all because they’re totally natural and unprocessed
Examples:
• Beef, pork, chicken, lamb, seafood, tuna, salmon, shrimp
• Avocado, asparagus, arugula, spinach, broccoli, celery, sweet potatoes, yams, any type of leafy green, red cabbage, artichoke
• Berries, melon, pomegranate. Chicken eggs, ostrich eggs. Almonds, Brazil nuts, walnuts)
No to processed foods. Pretty much anything in the middle of the grocery store. Can't recognize it growing or running around in the wild? Don't eat it.
No to sugar. I don't care whether it's super natural 100% organic fair trade sugar from the honey of communitarian bees, ITS STILL SUGAR. No sweeteners, no agave nectar, honey or maple syrup.
No grains. This includes bread, rice, pasta, cereal, oatmeal, corn and all of those gluten-free pseudo-grains like quinoa and sprouted grains.
Do not eat legumes. This includes beans of all kinds (black, kidney, lima, etc.), peas, lentils, and peanuts. No peanut butter, either. This also includes all forms of soy – soy sauce, miso, tofu, tempeh, edamame, tamari and all the ways we sneak soy into foods (like lecithin).
No to dairy. Milk, cheese, yogurt, etc.
Do not consume alcohol, in any form and
do no consume caffeine.
Fewer sweet fruits and starchy vegetables. Bananas, eating a bunch of apples, dried fruit, or white potatoes. (If you have serious inflammation issues like arthritis, you may want to consider avoiding all nightshades for 30 days.)
Cook with real fats. If you're cooking, then cook with lard or animal fat. If you don't have that, then cook with coconut oil, olive oil, or butter.
Do some form of high-intensity training (HIT) 5 to 6 times a week. At the simplest, that could mean intervals on a stationary bike for 20 minutes, or interval walking/sprinting, Boot Camp, Spin Class, Stairmaster, or anything that gets your heart rate up for 20+ minutes or so. Objective –
add more cardio! Try to do something every day.
You are not allowed to step on the scale during the 10 day Challenge. This is about so much more than just weight loss, and to focus on your body composition means you’ll miss out on the most dramatic and lifelong benefits this challenge has to offer.
Keep a food log and exercise log. I want you to record your moods every time you eat. (Happy, frustrated, sad, depressed, anxious, etc). Also record what exercise you performed, length of time, and intensity level (moderate, hard, killer, etc).
I am using an app on my phone (My Fitness Pal) to track food and exercise. I think this will be really good. I'll be giving you daily recaps on this blog. I weighed in this morning at 245.4 and we'll see where I am in 10 days!
So yeah. Not great but better than I would have eaten.
I had my monthly Splash and Dash race last night. I felt a lot faster than last month having dropped some weight. The swim was pretty brutal due to the rain before the race pushing the bouys around but the run was great and I had some great friends keeping me company for the whole thing.
